NASA Offers Shuttle Rescue For Intelsat VI
Intelsat weighs accepting NASA's rescue offer to launch a shuttle mission to save the stranded satellite orbiting 345 miles high. NASA says a late 1991 or 1992 flight could occur if Intelsat covers the potentially 130 million dollar cost, balancing expense against risk.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Intelsat
Board of Governors
Tony Trujillo
Washington
William D. Green
Space Agency
Green
Van Gogh Portrait Sells For A Record At Auction
Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold at Christie’s New York for 82.5 million dollars, the highest price ever for a painting. The 26 by 22.5 inch oil sold after a ten minute bidding war between two buyers, with Tokyo’s Kobayashi Gallery among the competitors.
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New York
Vincent van Gogh
Gachet
Christie's Auction House
Kobayashi ‘Gallery of
Tokyo
van Gogh
Sotheby's
Susan Brittman
Christie's
Local Names Listed in Page Six A Notices
John Adams Doris C Esposito Constance McKie James A Oliphant Guy C Parrish Jr appear in public notice on page 6A with details to follow.
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John Adams
Greenwood
Doris C. Esposito
Aiken
Constance McKie
James A. Oliphant
Edgeness
Guy C. Parrish Jr
Parents Demand Action Over School Problems At Meeting
About 100 gathered at an Aiken School Tuesday night to hear of renovations, ventilation issues, and a broken chair row in the auditorium. Speakers blamed the school board and legislative delegation, saying administrators only follow orders from officials.
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Aiken School
Board of Education
la Pegger Algerie
Suspect Arrested In Slaying In Aiken County
An Aiken County man was arrested Tuesday on murder charges in the death of Barbara Ledford, whose body was found Monday near Cedar Creek Subdivision. Michael Ray Taylor, 26, is held without bond at the Aiken County Detention Center. bond will be set by a circuit court judge. Autopsy cited head trauma as the cause.
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Aiken County
Banks Mill Road
Michael Ray Taylor
Pam
Cedar Creek
Robert Voigt
Townsend
Joel Sexton
Newberry
Ms. Ledford
Book Links 70s Radiation to Infant Deaths
A new book argues that radiation releases at Savannah River Site in 1970 linked to higher infant mortality and radiation in milk and rain in South Carolina. Authors Gould and Goldman claim government data were altered. they cite peaks in environmental radiation, food, bones, and mortality through 1973 as suggestive but not prove deaths occurred.
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Savannah River
South Carolina
Jay M. Gould
Benjamin Goldman
The
Radiation and Public Health Project
Budget Juggling Brings A Warning in Aiken County
Aiken County Council capped a last minute budget rush with a balanced 21.4 million dollar fiscal 1991 plan amid warnings from Chairman Warner that lease purchases and debt could force a tax increase next year. Administrator Barnes cited a 1.7 million deficit offset by a 574 thousand reserve and potential Energy Department payments, while doubt remained on reserve sufficiency and future SRS land payments. Council approved master lease financing surpassing 8 million and added over 115 thousand in projects, leaving a general fund cushion around 200 thousand and 1 million in debt structure not in master lease figures. Councilman Duckett decried the process saying if they meet again it would be another 7 million and Butler noted debt service would consume about 2 percent of the tax millage, with 42.5 mills for operations and 14.9 for retiring debt. Remaining millage funds support Aiken Technical College and USC Aiken. Sheriff Heath won approval on Tuesday night.
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Aiken
W. Scott Barnes
Det
SRS
Gene Duckett
Eddie Butler
Breakdown County Tax Millage Analysis and Budget Proposals
Aiken County approves millage for public school purposes funding for Aiken Technical College and USC Aiken. The county administrator may lease purchase county equipment including Sheriff’s Department and public works vehicles. A 4 percent cost of living raise is set for all regular full time employees in the top salary plan, effective with pay periods ending July 13. Five new road patrol deputies and a deputy coroner are authorized. Public Works and PSA directors may buy used vehicles from defined sources. No additional funding requests are allowed from county departments during FY 90 91 unless a formal need is certified. Sewer treatment rates for the PSA are set at 0.5261 per 1,000 gallons, with 0.101 per 1,000 gallons for depreciation. The council targets a general fund operating reserve of 9 percent, with $574,471 designated for that purpose in FY 90 91.
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Aiken Technical College
Usc-Aiken
Sheritt’s Department
Public Works
Sheriff's Department
Public Works and Engineering
Public Service Authority
County Council
D ‘Nance
Aiken County
PSA
Budget plans seek ten new sheriff deputies and cars
The report notes funding for five additional deputy sheriffs and five patrol cars budgeted at over $125,000. Leasing arrangements help keep car costs lower. Details appear in the BUDGET section on Page 5A.
Liquor Store Venture Abandoned Near Breezy Hill Church
Three investors backed out of plans to build a liquor store near Breezy Hill Baptist Church after community concerns. Rep James Roland Smith confirmed the decision, noting the Hartes and Garlan Harper cited impact on the community. An alcohol license bid was withdrawn with plans to pursue a different site or none.
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Hartes
Harper
Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
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Tim Dangerfield
PRIDE
Dangerfield
Joseph E. Brooks
Elizabeth Benton
John Morgan
By Scott
Kenneth Walker
New Ellenton
Jeff Mabe
Beech Island
Hitchcock Parkway
U.S
Echnical
Ebt Service
Ascanga Lake
Rainbow Falls Lake
Graniteville
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